Facing a slew of lawsuits and a potential election issue, Gov. Kathy Hochul has abruptly postponed the implementation of congestion pricing tolls in Manhattan that were scheduled to go into effect on June 30.
The first-in-the-nation congestion tolls, which would charge $15 for passenger cars driving south of 60th Street from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays, have been "indefinitely postponed," Hochul announced on Wednesday.
In a video message, Hochul cited inflation, the lingering effects of the pandemic on the city's economy and the impact of the tolls on working families as primary reasons for her decision to shelve the implementation of congestion pricing.
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